Huskyxantia wrote: ↑04 Nov 2020, 09:56
CitroJim wrote: ↑17 Oct 2020, 18:14
bobins wrote: ↑17 Oct 2020, 10:08
A local one 'roung here has a defiberillerr....... heart restarter in it.
That's become very common around here too
And it's an excellent use for them...
One saved a good friend of mine a couple of years ago when he suffered a cardiac arrest whilst running...
I'm fully trained in their use...
Brilliant , tells us I want to know I've got a rough idea how to use them how was your experience what did you do ? ( if you don't mind me asking)
Luckily the person who suffered the arrest was running just in front of a doctor and several nurses during a parkrun, a special to celebrate 70 year of the NHS ironically...
They took over and started CPR as soon as they knew the situation and we rushed the defib on foot as fast as possible from the finish line to the site of the incident, about a K...
The CPR (vitally important) and the defib. did the trick and by the time he was in the air ambulance he stated to regain consciousness and asked if anyone had paused his Garmin (GPS running watch)
Within a few months he was back to gentle running again and since then he's completed several half marathons...
Had it not been for the defib it's unlikely he'd have survived...
Weeks later I downloaded the data the defib to pass to the manufacturer. From that data I could see just how bad his heart was wobbling due to ventricular fibrillation and how it took two full 'jolts' to bring the rhythm back to normal...
All parkrun events must have either their own defib. or very rapid access to one...
As a parkrun core team member I keep my defib. training up to date... We practice on 'Resusci-Anne' dolls with training defibs. that do all except the actual jolt...
They really do save lives but the real life-saver is to begin CPR (cardiopulmonary resuscitation) as soon as you know the victim is into cardiac arrest...
Learn how to do it, it may just save a life one day...
https://www.bhf.org.uk/how-you-can-help ... hat-is-cpr